WJPA Sports

The WPIAL boys & girls soccer championships are underway with the Trinity boys and Canon-McMillan girls scoring first-round wins on Saturday. Charleroi, Chartiers-Houston & Ringgold boys, Waynesburg girls were eliminated during preliminary/first round soccer matches over the weekend. The first round wraps up Monday, with Wednesday’s quarterfinal sites/times posted. The championship matches are scheduled for Nov. 5-7 at the home of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Click for WPIAL brackets

Monday, Oct. 26, First Round
4A Boys #10 Canon-McMillan at #7 Pine-Richland, 7 pm
1A Girls #10 Chartiers-Houston vs. #7 Eden Christian Academy, 6 pm at North Allegheny
1A Girls #16 Beth-Center vs. #1 Sewickley Academy, 6 pm at Peters Township
1A Girls #5 Bentworth vs. #12 Aquinas Academy, 8 pm at Peters Township

Wednesday, Oct. 28, Quarterfinals
3A Boys #4 Trinity hosting #12 Chartiers Valley, 7 pm
1A Boys #1 Bentworth vs. #9 Freedom, 6 pm at Peters Township
4A Girls #7 Canon-McMillan at #2 Peters Township, 8 pm

Thursday, Oct. 29, Quarterfinals
4A Boys #3 Peters Township hosting #6 Fox Chapel / #11 Moon Area winner

Preliminary/First Round Scores
3A Boys #4 Trinity #13 Latrobe, 2-1 OT
3A Boys #6 Central Valley over #11 Ringgold, 2-1
2A Boys #13 Ambridge over #20 Charleroi, 9-0
1A Boys #6 Riverview over #11 Chartiers-Houston, 3-1
4A Girls #7 Canon-McMillan over #10 Armstrong, 7-1
2A Girls #5 Central Valley over #12 Waynesburg, 9-1

Eleven Washington County girls volleyball teams will open the WPIAL playoffs along with a pair of teams from Greene County. Six teams from the two-county area are included in the 2A bracket. All begin play Monday night, including a pair of matches against another local team: #11 Bentworth visits #6 Beth-Center while #2 Fort Cherry hosts #15 Carmichaels, the last team to qualify for the bracket.  3A (Chartiers-Houston, McGuffey, Waynesburg) and 4A (Ringgold) play their opening-round matches Tuesday along with 6A quarterfinalist #5 Canon-McMillan. Wednesday will bring 5A #1 Peters Township and #11 Trinity to the floor for first-round play. The WPIAL finals are set for Peters Township’s AHN Arena. 1A & 6A finals will be on Thursday, Nov. 5. The other four championship matches will be played on Saturday, Nov. 7. Click for WPIAL brackets.

Monday, Oct. 26 (First Round)
2A #2 Fort Cherry hosting #15 Carmichaels, 7 pm
2A #6 Beth-Center hosting #11 Bentworth, 7 pm
2A #9 California at #8 Springdale, 7 pm
2A #14 Wash High at #3 Frazier, 7 pm

Tuesday, Oct. 27 (First Round)
4A #10 Ringgold at #7 Knoch, 7 pm
3A #2 Waynesburg hosting #15 Quaker Valley, 7 pm
3A #7 McGuffey hosting #10 South Allegheny, 7 pm
3A #11 Chartiers-Houston at #6 Burrell, 7 pm

Tuesday, Oct. 27 (Quarterfinals)
6A #5 Canon-McMillan at #4 Baldwin, 7 pm

Wednesday, Oct. 28 (First Round)
5A #1 Peters Township hosting #16 North Hills/#17 Montour winner, 7 pm.
5A #11 Trinity at #6 Chartiers Valley, 7 pm